Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader reckons all those proponents of a vegan diet and claims of its ‘healthy’ impacts should take a lesson of the recent demise of a social media influencer.
Zhanna Samsonova, a Russian blogger who regularly posted about her diet and extolled the virtues of a vegan diet of only raw tropical fruit, has died – reportedly of malnutrition, exhaustion and infections.
The 39-year-old claimed she had not drunk water for six years, drinking fruit and vegetable juices instead.
Living off fruit, fruit juices and fruit smoothies, she appeared increasingly thin and gaunt in the photographs she posted online.
She looked like “a walking skeleton”, one Russian news outlet reported.
Perhaps if the ‘influencer’ had had a bit more balance in her diet – including meat and dairy – things might not have turned out so badly for her.
The Good Carbon Farm has partnered with Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust to deliver its first project in Tairāwhiti Gisborne.
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says that while educators will support the Government’s investment in learning support, they’re likely to be disappointed that it has been paid for by defunding expert teachers.
The Government says it is sharpening its focus and support for the food and fibre industry in Budget 2025.
A European Union regulation ensuring that the products its citizens consume do not contribute to deforestation or forest degradation worldwide threatens $200m of New Zealand beef and leather exports.
A long-acting, controlled- release capsule designed to protect ewes from internal parasites during the lambing period is back on the market following a comprehensive reassessment.
Healthcare appears to be the big winner in this year's budget as agriculture and environment miss out.
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
OPINION: It's good news that Finance Minister Nicola Willis has slashed $1.1 billion from new spending, citing "a seismic global…